GRE Word List
ROUSING
giving rise to excitement : stirring
The meaning of the word rousing is giving rise to excitement : stirring.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |